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the mixicologist.
Moselle Wines.
I wish to direct attention to these wines. I think
that they are not appreciated as highly as they should
be here. They are light and less rich than the Rhine
wines,and very wholesome. For drinking with oysters
and all sorts of fish there are none finer.
The wines produced on the banks of the Moselle were
famous before those of the Rhine had gained celebrity.
Those which are most celebrated are grown on the lower
Moselle, between Treves and Coblentz. Moselle is a
very bright wine, and should have a greenish yellow
color, with muscatel flavor, and peculiarly pleasant
aroma. It is regarded as one of the most wholesome of
wines, for, being cool and dry, it refreshes without un
duly heating the system. Sparkling Moselle has of late
years come very much into favor.
Wines of Caufoenia.—The fact that California
now produces over one half of the wine consumed in the
United States is evidence of the rapid stride this young
state is making in viticulture. The errors that have
been made in the past by growers have naturally re
sulted in good, and ambitious viticulturists, profiting by
such experience, are coming forward with wines which,
while distinctly Galifornian, are destined to become
known among connoisseurs and recognized as high types
of a new class.
To those who are unacquainted with this progress of
the past few years we will show wines of high quality,
particularly ofthe dry wines from the northern part of
he state, some of which suggest the finer red wines of